thumb Baleen The Baleenwhale s , also called whalebone whales or great whales , form the Mysticeti , one of two suborders of the Cetacea whales , dolphins , and porpoises . Baleen whales are characterized by having baleen plates for filtering food from water, rather than having teeth . This distinguishes them from the other suborder of cetaceans, the toothed whale s or Odontoceti. Living Mysticeti species have teeth only during the embryo nal phase. Fossil Mysticeti had teeth before baleen ... ref An alternate name for the suborder is Mystacoceti from Greek moustache whale . ref OED mystacocete ref Anatomy Baleen whales are generally larger than toothed whales, and females are bigger than males. This group includes the largest known animal species, the Blue Whale . File Humpback Whale, blowholes.jpg thumb left Humpback whale with two blowholes clearly visible Baleen whales ... doi 10.1098 rspb.2006.3664 ref Janjucetus was a baleenwhale with sharp teeth that hunted fish and squid ... Tretulias Ulias The earliest known baleenwhale is Llanocetus , discovered on Seymour Island ... , about 35 mya. References Reflist Portal Cetaceans Cetacea M. DEFAULTSORT BaleenWhale Category Baleen ...stack Taxobox name Baleen whales ref name msw3 MSW3 Cetacea id 14300002 ref fossil range latest Eocene Recent image Humpback stellwagen edit.jpg image caption Humpback Whale breaching regnum Animal ia ... &sigmaf the whale known as the mouse or Gutter whale was mistakenly run together as &omicron &mu &upsilon ... Solitary or in small groups called pods. Breaching see also whale surfacing behavior In spite of their enormous size, baleen whales are able to leap completely out of the water. They can grow to convert ... accessdate 2009 06 13 ref Particularly known for its acrobatics is the Humpback Whale , but other baleen whales also break through the water surface with their body or beat it loudly with their fin s. Some believe that the male baleen whales try to show off in the presence of females to increase ... more details
intervals. The plates are attached to the jaw at the top, and have hairs at the bottom end. Baleen or whalebone is a filter feeder system inside the mouths of baleenwhale s. The baleen system works when a whale opens its mouth underwater and then water pours into the whale s mouth. The whale then pushes the water out, and animals such as krill are filtered by the baleen and remain as food source for the whale. Baleen is similar to bristles and is made of keratin , the same substance found in human fingernails and hair. Some whales, such as the bowhead whale , have longer baleen than others. Others whales, such as the gray whale , only use one side of their baleen. These baleen bristles are arranged in plates across the upper jaw of the whale. Depending on the species, a baleen plate can ... baleen hair or whalebone hair. They are also called baleen bristles, which in sei whale s are highly ... and Development of Blue WhaleBaleen An Annotated Translation of Tycho Tullberg s Classic 1883 ... provides mechanical reinforcement to whalebaleen keratin year 2010 last1 Szewciw first1 L ... catches squid and fish by gripping them against its hard upper jaw . Filter feeding A whale s baleen plates play the most important role in its filter feeding process. In order to feed, a baleenwhale ...Image Baleen.jpg frame Baleen hair is attached to each baleen plate alt Photo displaying dozens of baleen ... Baleen plates are broader at the gumline base . The plates have been compared to sieve s or Window blind Venetian Venetian blind s. Etymology The word baleen derives from Early Modern English word meaning whale . This in turn derives from the Latin balaena , related to the Greek language Greek phalaina &ndash both of these also mean whale . Evolution The oldest true fossil s of baleen are only 15 million years old, but baleen rarely fossilizes, and scientists Who date January 2010 believe it originated considerably earlier than that. This is indicated by baleen related skull modifications being ... more details
Mount Baleen coor dm 65 36 S 62 12 W is a prominent Summit topography peak of 910 m and of pyramidal shape when viewed from Larsen Ice Shelf , standing between Rachel and Starbuck Glaciers on the east coast of Graham Land . The naming by United Kingdom Antarctic Place Names Committee UK APC is one in a group in this vicinity that reflects a whaling theme. Baleen whales are distinguished by the presence of a sieve of horny baleen whalebone plates suspended from the upper jaw, and by the absence of teeth. usgs gazetteer DEFAULTSORT Baleen Category Mountains of Graham Land Category Oscar II Coast GrahamLand geo stub ... more details
belong to suborder Odontoceti toothed whale s . This suborder also includes the sperm whale , killer whale , pilot whale , and beluga whale . The other Cetacean suborder Mysticeti baleenwhale s are filter ... in the mouth called baleen . This suborder includes the blue whale , the humpback whale , the bowhead whale and the minke whale . All Cetacea have forelimbs modified as fins, a tail with horizontal ... needed date March 2010 Blowhole s File Baleen parts.png thumb right Features of a blue whale Whales breathe via blowhole biology blowholes baleen whales have two and toothed whales have one. These are located ... fully developed hind limbs, some such as sperm whale s and baleen whales possess discrete rudimentary ... due to whaling s impacts. They have been hunted commercially for whale oil , meat, baleen and ambergris ... Foundation Baleenwhale Beached whale Cetacea Cetacean bycatch Cetacean Conservation Center Cetacean ...About a marine mammal pp semi small yes pp move indef Taxobox name Whale image Eubalaena glacialis with calf.jpg image size 300px image caption North Atlantic right whale s, mother and calf regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Mammal ia subclassis Eutheria ordo Cetacea Whale origin Old English ... location Oxford year 2007 edition Sixth volume II page 3611 ref The term whale sometimes refers to all ... the blue whale, the largest organism largest animal known to have ever existed ref cite web url http ... pygmy species, such as the pygmy sperm whale at convert 3.5 m ft abbr on . Whales collectively ... estimate.htm table title Whale Population Estimates date March 2010 accessdate March 2010 publisher ... See also List of whale species Cetaceans are divided into two suborders The largest suborder, Mysticeti baleen whales are characterized by baleen, a sieve like structure in the upper jaw made of keratin ... news2806.html title Scientists find missing link between the whale and its closest relative, the hippo ... Evolution Image Ambulocetus BW.jpg thumb right 220px Ambulocetus natans a primitive whale See also ... more details
The Whale may refer to The Whale poem The Whale poem , a poem in Old English The Whale ELO song The Whale ELO song The Whale Tavener The Whale Tavener , a cantata by John Tavener Moby Dick or, The Whale , a novel by Herman Melville Hartford Whalers , a former NHL franchise nicknamed the whale See also Whale disambiguation dab ... more details
Infobox musical artist name Or, The Whale image Or The Whale Fillmore.jpg caption Or, The Whale performing at Fillmore West image size background group or band origin San Francisco , California genre Americana music Americana , Country rock , Country music Country years active 2006 Present label Seany Records associated acts website http orthewhale.com www.orthewhale.com current members Alex Robins br Matt Sartain br Lindsay Garfield br Julie Ann Thomasson br Justin Fantl br Jesse Hunt br Tim Marcus Or, The Whale is a San Francisco based Americana music Americana band, formed in 2006 in music 2006 . The group has released two albums, Light Poles and Pines in 2007 and Or, The Whale in 2009. ref name Allmusic Bio cite web url Allmusic class artist id p1083337 pure url yes title Or, The Whale publisher Allmusic accessdate 2009 11 11 ref The name of the band is derived from the alternative title of Herman Melville s book Moby Dick Moby Dick or, The Whale . ref name Review Allmusic class album id r1620258 pure url yes Allmusic.com Review for Or, The Whale . Accessed November 16th, 2009. ref History The group was formed through the website Craigslist , where bandmembers Alex Robins and Matt Sartain guitar and vocals posted an advertisement titled Wanna Form a Sweet Country Rock Band? . ref name Bio cite web url http orthewhale.com bio.php title Or, The Whale Biography publisher Or, The Whale.com accessdate 2009 11 11 ref They recruited fellow vocalist Lindsay Garfield from a listing ... s, and Tim Marcus on pedal steel guitar. ref name Bio Or, The Whale released their debut album, Light ... effort, eponymously titled Or, The Whale on 15 September 2009, on Seany Records. ref cite web url http mp3.rhapsody.com or the whale or the whale title Or, The Whale on Rhapsody publisher Rhapsody.com .... ref name Bio Recognition Or, The Whale were featured on Good Morning America performing live, and have ... or the whale sophomore album tour Article on Or, The Whale, on Synthesis Magazine Accessed 2009 11 11 ... more details
italictitle About the oil skimming vessel the marine mammal Whale Infobox ship begin Infobox ship image Ship image File A Whale.jpg 300px Ship caption A Whale conducting a test run of its oil skimming capabilities as part of the Deepwater Horizon response July 4, 2010. Infobox ship career Hide header Ship name A Whale Ship owner Taiwan Maritime Transport Co. Ltd. TMT br Republic of China Taiwan Ship operator Ship registry LBR , Monrovia Ship route Ship ordered Ship builder Hyundai Heavy Industries Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd br Ulsan , South Korea Ship original cost Ship yard number Ship way number Ship laid down Ship launched Ship completed Ship christened Ship acquired Ship maiden voyage Ship in service Ship out of service Ship identification Call sign A8UA7 br IMO Number 9424209 br ... mt cite web title Vessel s Details and Current Position A WHALE 9424209 url http www.marinetraffic.com ... ref name mt ref cite web title A Whale url http www.aukevisser.nl supertankers bulkers id453.htm work Auke Visser s International Super Tankers date 1 July 2010 accessdate 3 July 2010 ref A Whale is a Liberia ... has four other sister ship s in the fleet, named in succession B Whale , C Whale , D Whale , and E Whale ... River Delta , Louisiana . The ship s owners stated that A Whale is capable of separating ... oil skimming ship 2010 07 04?reflink MW news stmp accessdate 9 September 2010 ref A Whale arrived ... cite news author title Gulf Oil Spill A Whale Of A Skimmer Offers Up Its Services url http www.huffingtonpost.com 2010 06 29 gulf oil spill a whale of n 629575.html work The Huffington Post date 29 June 2010 accessdate 3 July 2010 first Dan last Froomkin ref However, in two weeks of testing A Whale ... web url http app.restorethegulf.gov go doc 2931 789183 title A Whale Operational Review Completed ... en Ships A Whale 9424209.html A Whale IMO 9424209 at VesselTracker Deepwater Category Oil tankers ... Horizon oil spill cs A Whale de A Whale ru A Whale zh ... more details
Infobox Paranormalcreatures Creature Name Giglioli& 39 s Whale Image Name Amphiptera pacifica.jpg Image Caption As drawn by Giglioli himself Sub Grouping Whale AKA Amphiptera pacifica Country Chile , Scotland Region Grouping Cryptid Habitat Water First Reported 1867 legend Last Sighted 1983 Status Unconfirmed Giglioli s Whale Amphiptera pacifica is a purported species of whale observed by Enrico Hillyer Giglioli . It is described as having two dorsal fin s, a feature which no known whales have. The species is not recognized by the general scientific community. Accounts On September 4, 1867 on board a ship called the Magenta about 1200 miles off the coast of Chile, the zoologist spotted a species of whale which he could not recognize. It was very close to the ship too close to shoot with a cannon and was observed for a quarter of an hour, allowing Giglioli to make very detailed observations. The whale looked overall similar to a rorqual , 60 feet 18 m long with an elongated body, but the most notable difference was the presence of two large dorsal fins about 6.5 feet 2 m apart. No known whales have twin dorsal fins the rorqual only has a single fin and some other whales have none. Other unusual features include the presence of two long sickle shaped flippers and a lack of furrows present under the throats of rorquals. Another report of a two finned whale of roughly the same size was recorded from the ship Lily off the coast of Scotland the following year. In 1983 between Corsica and the French mainland, French zoologist Jacques Maigret sighted a similar looking creature. Existence Classification Although it has not been proven to exist, it was given a classification by Giglioli. However, scientists would most likely classify the whale under Balaenopteridae , large baleenwhalebaleen whales . Possible explanations The whale may have been a genetic mutation . Another cryptid with two dorsal fins is the fabled Rhinoceros dolphin . Whaling Given the species alleged size ... more details
of smell, as well as their saliva glands. Except for the Sperm Whale , most toothed whales are smaller than the baleenwhale s. The teeth differ considerably between the species. They may be numerous ... of cetaceans or Toothed whale Taxonomy below . diversity link List of cetaceans Portal Cetaceans The toothed whale s systematic name Odontoceti form a suborder of the cetacean s, including sperm whale s, beaked whale s, dolphin s, and others. As the name suggests, the suborder is characterized by the presence of teeth rather than the baleen of other whales. Anatomy Toothed whales have a single blowhole biology blowhole on the top of the head while the baleen whales possess two of them . ref name ... the other. As an adaptation for their Animal echolocation echolocation , toothed whale skulls have become .... Not all species are believed to use their teeth for feeding. For instance, the Sperm Whale likely ... entanglement in fishing gear , competition with fisheries, ship strikes, tourism whale watching and dolphin ... small whales mostly Bottlenose Dolphin s, Orca s, or Beluga whale Belugas in captivity is a great ... for large spaces. The sperm whale has been hunted commercially for a long time see whaling . While small whales like the Pilot Whale today are still being pursued, the main threat for most species is accidental ... Seas. The global UNEP Convention on Migratory Species currently covers seven toothed whale species ... Lissodelphis syn. Tursio, Leucorhamphus Northern Right Whale Dolphin , Lissodelphis borealis Southern Right Whale Dolphin , Lissodelphis peronii Subfamily Orcininae Genus Feresa Pygmy Killer Whale ... Whale , Globicephala melas Short finned Pilot Whale , Globicephala macrorhyncus Genus Grampus genus ..., Ophysia, Gladiator Orca Killer Whale , Orcinus orca Genus Peponocephala Melon headed Whale , Peponocephala ... snouted Dolphin , Platalearostrum hoekmani Genus Pseudorca syn. Neorca False Killer Whale , Pseudorca ... Genus Delphinapterus Beluga whale , Delphinapterus leucas Subfamily Monodontinae Genus Monodon ... more details
extant baleen whales and two sperm whale species author Arnason, U., Gullberg A. & Widegren, B ... of baleenwhale s. The minke whale was given its official designation ref It had been inaccurately ... Zwergwalskelett.jpg right thumb 300px Minke whale skeleton, Museum Koenig , University of Bonn . The minke whales are the second smallest baleenwhale only the pygmy right whale is smaller ...Taxobox name Minke whale status LC status system iucn3.1 image minke.jpg image caption A surfacing minke whale, Skj lfandi, Iceland image2 Minke whale size.svg image2 caption Size compared to an average ... whale IPAc en icon m k i , or lesser rorqual , is a name given to two species of marine mammal ... , possibly after a Norway Norwegian whaler named Meincke, who mistook a northern minke whale for a blue whale. ref cite web url http dictionary.reference.com browse minke title Dictionary.com accessdate 2007 08 30 ref Taxonomy Most modern classifications split the minke whale into two species Common minke whale or northern minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata , and Antarctic minke whale or southern minke whale Balaenoptera bonaerensis . ref MSW3 Cetacea ref Taxonomy Taxonomists further categorize the common minke whale into two or three subspecies the North Atlantic minke whale, the North Pacific minke whale and dwarf minke whale. All minke whales are part of the rorqual s, a family that includes the humpback whale , the fin whale , the Bryde s whale , the sei whale and the blue whale ... whale B. a. scammoni Scammon s minke whale and a further taxonomically unnamed subspecies found in the Southern Hemisphere to which he gave the common name the dwarf minke whale first described by Best, 1986 . On at least one occasion, an Antarctic minke whale has been confirmed migrating to the Arctic ... minke whale and an Antarctic minke whale has been confirmed. ref name arctic ref name hybrid cite ... 14 t abbr on . The minke whale is a black gray color. Common minke whales Northern Hemisphere ... more details
baleenwhale. Nature 426 278 281. ref ref cite journal author Sasaki, T., Nikaido, M., Wada ... discovered baleenwhale that represents an ancient evolutionary lineage journal Molecular Phylogenetics ... Omura s whale Balaenoptera omurai is a species of rorqual about which very little is known. ref name ... London url ref The scientific description of this whale was made in the November 20, 2003, edition ... of Japan . Later abundant genetic evidence confirmed Omura s whale as a valid species and revealed it to be an early offshoot from the rorqual lineage, diverging much earlier than the Bryde s whale Bryde s and sei whale s. It is perhaps more closely related to its larger cousin, the blue whale ..., and Yamada, 2003 id 770889 ref Description Omura s whale is among the smallest of the rorquals only the two species of Minke whale are smaller . Of the six specimens taken during Japanese whaling off ... 38 years old. ref Yamada, T. K. 2008. Omura s whale Balaenoptera omurai , pp. 799 801. In Perrin ... Press, San Diego, 1315 pp. ref Its appearance resembles the larger fin whale , both having the asymmetrical ... fin is similar to Bryde s whale, being very falcate and rising at a steep angle but it is more rounded ... ventral pleats, which extend past the navel. Its 180 210 pairs of baleen plates are short and broad, usually being yellowish white to black at times two tone . ref name Jefferon2008 Range Omura s whale ... incidentally caught in set nets in Japan. Conservation The Omura s whale is listed on Appendix II ref ... from international co operation organised by tailored agreements. In addition, the Omura s whale ... was made north of the Lacepede Islands . ref http www.pbase.com wildlifeimages omuras whale Omura s Whale ref In October 2010, sightseers encountered and photographed up to 15 individuals, seeing ... trips 10341 Is this a new Great Whale ? ref References Reflist Cetacea M. External links ... of Cetaceans and Their Habitats in the Pacific Islands Region Category Baleen whales Category ... more details
star2006.jpg thumb right 250px Photo of Bryde s whale at surface The Bryde s whale is a baleenwhale, more specifically a rorqual belonging to the same group as blue whales and humpback whales . It has ... 210 baleen plates on each side and 80 90 ventral pleats. Bryde s whale is unique amongst rorquals in that it has ... DEFAULTSORT Bryde s Whale Category Baleen whales Category Fauna of the Indian Ocean Category ... s whale size.svg image2 caption Size comparison against an average human regnum Animal ia phylum Chordata ... range map2 Balaenoptera brydei range.png range map2 caption Bryde s Whale range Bryde s whales IPAc en icon b r u d respell BREW d are baleenwhale s, one of the great whales or rorqual s. They prefer tropical and temperate waters over the polar seas that other whale s in their family biology ... to sei whale s and almost as large. Bryde is sometimes misheard as brutus whale . The name ... subspecies morphologies, Bryde s whale B. brydei , Bryde s Eden s whale B. edeni , ref Olsen, 1913 ref and Omura s whale B. omurai , ref Wada, Oishi, and Yamada, 2003 ref differentiate by geographic ... name B. edeni is common. Balaenoptera omurai Omura s whale , a pygmy , is only recently described ... mammals cetaceans brydeswhale.htm title Bryde s Whale Balaenoptera edeni accessdate December 2009 ... , B. edeni , retaining Bryde s whale as the common name. Description Females average over convert 42 ... two rows of baleen plates. The head of Bryde s whales makes up about 25 of the body, with relatively large eyes. Each side of the mouth features 250 410 coarse gray baleen plates up to convert 40 ... to the blowhole. Sei whale s, with which they are often mistaken, like other rorquals, have a single ..., similar to fin whale s. ref name NOAA Behavior Their blow is columnar or bushy, about convert 10 ... during the summer and towards the equator during the winter. Uniquely among baleen whales, some ... couple decades. ref Bryde s Whale Balaenoptera edeni Eastern Tropical Pacific Stock NOAA Stock Reports ... more details
January 2009. ref Range and habitat The bowhead whale is the only baleenwhale that spends its entire ...Taxobox name Bowhead whale ref name msw3 MSW3 Cetacea id 14300005 ref status LC status system iucn3.1 ... Bowheads42.jpg image2 Bowhead whale size.svg image2 caption Size comparison against an average human ... Cetacea range map Bowhead Whale.png range map caption Bowhead whale range The bowhead whale Balaena mysticetus is a baleenwhale of the right whale family Balaenidae in Suborder biology suborder Mysticeti . A stocky dark colored whale without a dorsal fin , it can grow to convert 20 m ft abbr on in length ... Whale editor Perrin, W. Wursig, B. and Thewissen, J. page 131 publisher Academic Press year 2008 isbn ref second only to the blue whale , although the bowhead s maximum length is less than several other ... that migrate to feed or reproduce. It is also known as Greenland right whale or Arctic whale . American whalemen called it the Steeple top or Polar whale . ref Scammon 1874 . ref The bowhead is perhaps ... web author Guinness World Records title Whale of a time url http www.guinnessworldrecords.com news ... before whaling. Taxonomy See also Evolution of cetaceans Carl Linnaeus described the bowhead whale ... cache 1&IDDOC 265100 ref The bowhead whale currently occupies a monotypic genus , separate from the other right whale s, as it has done since the work of John Edward Gray Gray in 1821. Little genetic ... whale. The earlier fossil record shows no related cetacean after Morenocetus , found in a South America n deposit dating back 23 million years. Description The bowhead whale has a robust, dark colored body, no dorsal fin and a strongly bowed lower jaw and narrow upper jaw. Its baleen , the longest of any whale at convert 3 m ft abbr on , strains tiny prey from the water. The whale has a massive ... GreenlandWhaleLyd3.jpg thumb Skeleton of a bowhead whale alt Drawing of long backbone, 13 ribs 2 ... in a single dive, it is not thought to be a deep diver. The whales Whale behavior behavior can also ... more details
Taxobox name Whale lice image CyamesCyamidaeMale1834.jpg image caption male Cyamus ovalis regnum Animal ... Scutocyamus Sirenocyamus Syncyamus A whale louse is a parasitism parasitic crustacean of the family ... waters. Whale lice are external parasites, found in skin lesions, genital folds, nostril s and eyes of marine mammal s of the order Cetacea . These include not only whale s but also dolphin s and porpoise s. Appearance The body of a whale louse is distinctly flat and considerably reduced ... on the species. Way of life Most species of whale lice are associated with a single species of whale ... phase. Although the relationship between a specific species of whale louse and a specific species of whale is more pronounced with baleenwhale s than with toothed whale s, almost every species of whale has a louse species that is unique to it. With the sperm whale , the parasitic relationship is sex specific. The whale louse Cyamus catodontis lives exclusively on the skin of the male, while Neocyamus Neocyamus physeteris is found only on females and calves. Whale lice attach themselves to the host ... openings and in wounds with baleen whales they are found primarily on the head and in the ventral pleats. Around 7,500 whale lice live on a single whale. ref cite news title Crablike Whale Lice Show How ... 14, 2005 publisher University of Utah ref With some species of whale lice, barnacle infestation ... to the whale and consume so much of the surrounding area that the barnacles fall off. On the right whale , the parasites live mainly on callosity callosities raised callus like patches of skin on the whales heads . The clusters of white lice contrast with the dark skin of the whale, and help researchers .... The development of the whale louse is closely connected with the life pattern of whales. The distribution of various lice species reflects migratory patterns. File Orange whale lice right whale.jpg thumb Orange whale lice on a right whale Species Currently, 31 species are recognised ref cite ... more details
Taxobox name Coronulidae image Coronula sobre balena grisa.jpg image caption Cryptolepas rhachianecti on a grey whale regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a subphylum Crustacean Crustacea classis Maxillopoda infraclassis Barnacle Cirripedia ordo Sessilia subordo Balanomorpha superfamilia Coronuloidea familia Coronulidae familia authority William Elford Leach Leach , 1817 ref ITIS id 89671 taxon Coronulidae accessdate September 20, 2010 ref subdivision ranks Genera subdivision Cetopirus Coronula Cryptolepas Polylepas Xenobalanus Whale barnacles are barnacle s belonging to the family Coronulidae . Whale barnacles attach themselves to the bodies of baleen whales during the barnacles s free swimming crustacean larvae larval stage . Though often described as parasites, the relationship is an example of wikt obligate obligate commensalism , as the barnacles neither harm, nor benefit, their host. ref name Nogata2006 cite journal author Yasuyuki Nogata & Kiyotaka Matsumura year 2006 title Larval development and settlement of a whale barnacle journal Biology Letters volume 2 issue 1 pages 92 93 doi 10.1098 rsbl.2005.0409 pmid 17148335 pmc 1617185 ref A number of taxa formerly treated as subfamilies of Corolunidae are now considered separate families in their own right, including the turtle barnacles in the family Chelonibiidae . ref cite journal author Ryota Hayashi year 2012 title Atlas of the barnacles on marine vertebrates in Japanese waters including taxonomic review of superfamily Coronuloidea Cirripedia Thoracica journal Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom issue in press doi 10.1017 S0025315411000737 ref References reflist External links wikispecies inline Coronulidae Category Barnacles crustacean stub ... more details
File Jonahsperm.png thumb A 19th century label from a container of Jonah Sperm Oil NOTOC Whale oil or train oil is the oil obtained from the blubber of various species of whale s, particularly the three species of right whale North Pacific Right Whale Eubalaena japonica , North Atlantic Right Whale E. glacialis , and Southern Right Whale E. australis and the bowhead whale Balaena mysicetus prior to the modern era, as well as several other species of baleenwhale. Train oil proper is right whale oil ... oils fish oil s, liver oil s, and blubber oils. The most important whale oil was sperm oil, which comes from the head cavities not blubber of the sperm whale . Whale oil flows readily, is clear, and varies ... from which it has been extracted. Sperm oil is the oil from the head cavity of the sperm whale. The oil from the sperm whale s blubber is just a common whale oil. Sperm oil is chemically a liquid wax and not a true oil Citation needed date December 2011 . A large sperm whale can hold as much ... and pressed, this deposit is known as whale tallow , and the oil from which it is removed is known as pressed whale oil, yet is sometimes passed as sperm oil. The first principal use of whale oil was as an illuminant ... s of the Pacific northwest , such as the Nootka . Whale oil later came to be used in oiling wools for combing ... the original but not current Rust Oleum . Whale oil s predominant place in society was mostly eliminated ... in the late 19th century, which led to petroleum based waxes and oils replacing whale oils in most nonfood ..., whale oil has all but ceased to be viable, as substitutes have been found for most of its uses ... The pursuit and use of whale oil, along with many other History of whaling aspects of whaling ... to contemporary American society is emphasized when the fictional narrator notes that whale oil is as rare ... Sperm whaling Harriet Hoxie clipper , 1851 clipper, first whale oil charter from Honolulu References ... overview.htm Whale oil and its uses , an overview with illustrations Citation last Knapp first ... more details
small range map Cypron Range Balaenoptera musculus.svg range map caption Blue whale range in blue The blue whale Balaenoptera musculus is a marine mammal belonging to the suborder of baleenwhale ... groups seen in other baleen species. Image Bl 4.JPG thumb left Aerial view of a blue whale showing both ... of steam driven whale catchers, the catch of blue whales, and baleen whales as a whole, in the Antarctic ... musculus Mysticeti baleen whale.jpg thumb left A blue whale surfaces off Santa Cruz Island in the Channel ... M. Featured article DEFAULTSORT Blue Whale Category Baleen whales Category Cetaceans of Australia ...about the blue whale other uses blue whale disambiguation pp semi small yes pp move indef Taxobox name Blue whale ref name msw3 MSW3 Mead pages 725 ref status EN status system iucn3.1 status ref ref name ... Adult blue whale from the eastern Pacific Ocean image2 Blue whale size.svg image2 caption Size compared ... subdivision Pygmy blue whale B. m. brevicauda small Ichihara, 1966 small ? B. m. indica small ...? publisher How Stuff Works accessdate 2007 05 29 ref Long and slender, the blue whale s body ... blue whale found in the Indian Ocean and South Pacific Ocean . B. m. indica , found in the Indian Ocean, may be another subspecies. As with other baleen whales, its diet consists almost exclusively ... sara files cosewic sr blue whale e.pdf publisher Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada year 2002 title Assessment and Update Status Report on the Blue Whale Balaenoptera musculus ... work BBC News title Science seeks clues to pygmy whale url http news.bbc.co.uk 2 hi science nature ... , a family that includes the humpback whale , the fin whale , Bryde s whale , the sei whale and the minke whale . ref name factsheet The family Balaenopteridae is believed to have diverged from the other ... when the members of those families diverged from each other. The blue whale is usually classified ..., Sibbaldus , ref cite book author Barnes LG, McLeod SA. editor Jones ML et al. title The Gray Whale ... more details
Chordata classis Mammal ia ordo Cetacea subordo baleenwhale Mysticeti familia rorqual Balaenopteridae ... baleenwhale Mysticeti , also called the whalebone whales or great whales, as long ago as the middle ... characteristic of baleen whales. The whale s skin is often marked by pits or wounds, which ... whale looks similar to other large baleen whales. The best way to distinguish between it and Bryde s whale , apart from differences in baleen plates, is by the presence of lateral ridges on the dorsal ... through the baleen , trapping any food items inside its mouth. The sei whale feeds near the surface ... Cetacea M. DEFAULTSORT Sei Whale Category Arctic cetaceans Category Baleen whales Category Mammals ...featured article pp move indef Taxobox name Sei whale ref name MSW3 MSW3 Cetacea id 14300014 ref image Balaenoptera borealis 3.jpg image caption A sei whale feeding at the surface. image2 Sei whale size.svg ... Lesson Lesson , 1828 range map Cypron Range Balaenoptera borealis.svg range map caption Sei whale range The sei whale IPAc en icon s e or IPAc en s a , Balaenoptera borealis, is a baleenwhale , the third largest rorqual after the blue whale and the fin whale . ref name mfr cite journal ... name Gambell85a cite book author Gambell, R. year 1985 chapter Sei Whale Balaenoptera borealis Lesson ... and semi enclosed bodies of water. The sei whale migrates annually from cool and subpolar waters ..., R. coauthors G. Silber and M. Payne title Draft Recovery Plan for the Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus and Sei Whale Balaenoptera borealis publisher National Marine Fisheries Service year 1998 month ... format PDF ref the sei whale daily consumes an average of convert 900 kg lb of food, primarily copepod ... distances. ref name adw The whale s name comes from the Norwegian language Norwegian word for pollock , a fish that appears off the coast of Norway at the same time of the year as the sei whale. ref name acs cite web url http www.acsonline.org factpack SeiBrydesWhales.htm title Sei Whale & Bryde s Whale ... more details
the bones. He had assembled a number of whale skeletons in his career, but never a blue whale the largest creature that has ever lived on earth. With the generous help of scores of volunteers ... whale bone samples borrowed from Harvard University , casts were made out of fiberglass and then painted ... ref References reflist 2 Category Baleen whales Category Individual cetaceans Category History of Rhode ... Park Category Tankers Category Whale collisions with ships Category Maritime incidents in 1998 ... more details
Image Whale Watching.jpg 300px thumb Whale watching off the coast of Bar Harbor, Maine alt Photo from boat showing backs of heads of 8 people and two whales surfacing in background Whale watching is the practice of observing whale s and other cetacean s in their natural habitat. Whales are watched most ... million people went whale watching globally in 2008. Whale watching generated 2.1 billion per annum ..., H., & Knowles, T., 2009, Whale Watching Worldwide tourism numbers, expenditures and expanding ... the best use of whales as a natural resource . History Organized whale watching dates back to 1950 when the Cabrillo National Monument in San Diego was declared a public venue for observing Gray Whale s. In 1955 the first water based whale watching commenced in the same area, charging customers ... commercial whale watching activity on the eastern side of North America, offering trips in the St. Lawrence River to view Fin Whale Fin and Beluga Whale s. By 1985 more visitors watched whales from New ... population of Humpback Whale s, whose acrobatic behavior such as breaching jumping out of the water and tail slapping thrilled observers, and the close proximity of whale populations to the large cities there. Whale watching tourism has grown substantially since the mid 1980s. International Fund for Animal Welfare IFAW has commissioned three worldwide surveys of the whale watching industry in 1991, 1999 and the latest in 2009. This 2009 report estimated that in 2008, 13 million people went whale watching, up from 9 million ten years earlier. Commercial whale watching operations were found in 119 countries. Direct revenue of whale watching trips was estimated at US 872.7 million and indirect revenue of 2,113.1 million was spent by whale watchers in tourism related businesses. ref ibid http www.ifaw.org whalewatchingworldwide ref Whale watching is of particular importance to developing countries ... The rapid growth of the number of whale watching trips and the size of vessel used to watch whales ... more details
Humpback whale range The humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae is a species of baleenwhalebaleenwhale . One of the larger rorqual species, adults range in length from convert 12 16 m ft and weigh ... eye lenses proved another baleenwhale, the Bowhead whale bowhead , to be 211 years old. This animal ... the most diverse feeding repertoire of all baleenwhale s. ref name Recplan91 cite book publisher National ...Scroll down below table text to edit this article pp semi indef pp move indef Taxobox name Humpback whale ... iucn image Humpback Whale underwater shot.jpg image2 Humpback whale size.svg image2 caption Size compared ... pectoral fins and a knobbly head. It is an acrobatic animal, often Whale surfacing behaviour breaching and slapping the water. Males produce a complex Whale sounds song , which lasts for 10 to 20 minutes ... are now sought by whale watching whale watchers , particularly off parts of Australia , New Zealand ... right clade style font size 75 line height 75 1 clade 1 clade 1 B. bonaerensis southern minke whale 2 B. acutorostra northern minke whale 2 clade 1 clade 1 B. physalus fin whale 2 clade 1 B. edeni pygmy Bryde s whale 2 clade 1 B. borealis Sei whale 2 B. brydei Bryde s whale 2 clade 1 B. musculus blue whale 2 Megaptera novaeangliae humpback whale 3 Eschrichtius robustus gray whale small A phylogenetic tree of animals related to the humpback whale small Userboxbottom File Humpback Whale, blowholes.jpg thumb left Young whale with blowholes clearly visible Humpback whales are rorqual s family Balaenopteridae , a family that includes the blue whale , the fin whale , the Bryde s whale , the sei whale and the minke whale . The rorquals are believed to have diverged from the other families of the suborder ... Yearbook of Science & Technology year 2011 publisher The McGraw Hill Companies chapter Whale Evolution ... related to certain rorquals, particularly the fin whale Balaenoptera physalus , and possibly to the gray whale Eschrichtius robustus , than it is to rorquals such as the minke whale s. ref cite journal ... more details
baleenwhale s consisting of two genus genera in the family Balaenidae of Order biology order Cetacea ... whale Behavior breach jump clear of the sea surface , tail slap and lobtail . Like other baleenwhale ..., using its baleen plates to retain the prey. Prey must occur in sufficient numbers to trigger the whale ... with calf.jpg image caption A female North Atlantic Right Whale with her calf in the ocean. image2 Right whale size.svg image2 caption Size comparison against an average human regnum Animal ia phylum ... Whale Eubalaena australis br North Atlantic Right Whale Eubalaena glacialis br North Pacific Right Whale Eubalaena japonica range map Eubalaena range map.png range map caption Range of the Eubalaena species. synonyms Halibalaena Gray, 1873 Hunterius Gray, 1866 type species Southern Right Whale ..., instead of hunting them, people often whale watching watch these acrobatic animals for pleasure ..., the Arctic dwelling bowhead whale , with the rest. All four are included in the taxonomic family ... on the three species of the genus Eubalaena . A fifth species of right whale was proposed by Emmanuel Swedenborg in the 18th century the so called Swedenborg whale . The description of this putative ... to a species of whale. The existence of this species has been and is currently debated. Evidence ... . ref http www.sciencedaily.com releases 2009 06 090605110420.htm . ref Taxonomy The bowhead whale ... among the three Balaenoptera species than between them and the Bowhead Whale. A future review will likely ... for between 3 million and 12 million years, confirming that the southern right whale is a distinct ... whale is more closely related to the southern right whale than to the North Atlantic right whale. While ... Questioning the number of right whale species journal Molecular Ecology volume 9 url http www.nefsc.noaa.gov .... ref name msw3 Whale louse Whale lice , Parasitism parasitic cyamid crustacean s that live off ... and divergences of their whale lice Amphipoda Cyamus author Kaliszewska, Z. A., J. Seger, S. G ... more details
range map caption Gray whale range The gray whale , Eschrichtius robustus , is a mysticeti baleenwhale that migrates between feeding and breeding grounds yearly. It reaches a length of about ... analysis indicates that certain rorqual s of the family Balaenopteridae , such as the humpback whale , Megaptera novaeangliae , and fin whale , Balaenoptera physalus , are more closely related to the gray whale than they are to some other rorquals, such as the minke whale s. ref Cite journal title Cetacean mitochondrial DNA control region sequences of all extant baleen whales and two sperm whale species .... It is classified as a baleenwhale and has baleen , or whalebone, which acts like a sieve, to capture ...Taxobox name Gray whale ref name msw3 MSW3 Cetacea id 14300030 ref fossil range Upper Pleistocene Recent ... whaleWhale surfacing behaviour spy hopping image2 Gray whale size.svg image2 caption Size compared ... collection 2007 ec En3 4 36 2007E.pdf Recovery Strategy for the Grey Whale Eschrichtius robustus , Atlantic Population, in Canada ref The common name of the whale comes from the gray patches and white ... Society Fact Sheet on Gray Whale ref Gray whales were once called devil fish because of their fighting ... Gray Whale Information Page ref The gray whale is the sole living species in the genus Eschrichtius ... years ago. The gray whale is distributed in an eastern North Pacific North American population and a critically .... W rsig, J. G. M. Thewissen ref However, on May 8, 2010, a sighting of a gray whale was confirmed off ... outdoor blog 17453 gray whale off israel called most amazing sighting in history of whales title Gray whale off Israel called most amazing sighting in history of whales last Thomas first Pete date ... Taxonomy The gray whale is traditionally placed as the only living species in its genus and family ... The common name of the whale comes from its coloration. The subfossil remains of now extinct gray whales ... first BA year 1938 title A subfossil gray whale discovered in Sweden in 1859 journal Zoologiska ... more details
Whale Island is the name of several islands, including Whale Island, Canada Whale Island, New Zealand Whale Island, United Kingdom Whale Island, an List of Torres Strait Islands W island in the Torres Strait , Queensland, Australia geodis de Whale Island sk Whale Island ... more details
which belongs to the baleenwhale suborder. It is a large whale an adult usually ranges between 12 ...story date September 2011 Image Humpback Whale underwater shot.jpg thumb right 270px Humpback whale s live in the open ocean. Humphrey the Whale is arguably the most widely publicized humpback whale in history, ref Wendy Tokuda, Humphrey the lost whale , Heian Intl Publishing Company, 1992 ISBN 0 89346 346 9 ref ref Ernest Callenbach and Christine Leefeldt, Humphrey the Wayward Whale , ISBN 0 930588 .... This behavior is not normal for any Humpback whale, and Humphrey became well known on national ... known in the media as Humphrey the humpback whale is 40 feet 12 m long. Humphrey s last sighting ... Humphreywhale.jpg thumb 340px left Humphrey the whale with unique fluke markings In 1985, Humphrey ... television station s. ref Tom Tiede, The Great Whale Rescue An American Folk Epic , Pharos Press hardcover .... Then national media coverage began and the whole country watched the ensuing story. The whale, first ... brought signs of physical stress in the whale. His skin was graying and he was becoming more and more .... As a last ditch effort to save the whale, Dr. Bernie Krause , an acoustician, offered the recordings he had made of humpback whale feeding songs as a possible way to lure him out. No one knew ... down the Sacramento river, alternately playing and not playing the whale songs to keep his interest ... marker ref http www.hmdb.org marker.asp?marker 17189 Humphrey the Humpback Whale Marker ref ... using a sound net in which people in a flotilla of boats made unpleasant noises behind the whale by banging ... of natural whale feeding Animal communication vocalizations to guide Humphrey back to safety. These sounds ... Bridges of Humphrey the Whale . Illustrated by Craig Brown. Roberts Rinehart, 1993 1989 ref Humphrey ... Humphrey the Lost Whale was produced and opened at the Tybee Island Marine Science Center, Savannah, Georgia on September 24, 2005. Description main Humpback Whale Humphrey and other humpback whales ... more details
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